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Northern Vermont University Events

All in-person NVU events, on or off-campus, are suspended through the rest of the spring semester. Learn more about Northern Vermont University's response to COVID-19 at NorthernVermont.​edu/Coronavirus.​

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of NVU staff and faculty, we are excited to present the NVU community with a regular slate of virtual events during this period of temporary remote instruction. Please check back regularly for new and updated events and meetings.

Live Events and Activities

NVU Senior Toast!

Friday, May 15 | 7 p.m.
Attendees must register in advance

Seniors, faculty, and staff, are invited to a celebratory Senior Toast. Together, we will raise a glass and honor our graduates.

NVU-Lyndon Virtual Celebration for the Class of 2020

Dear Class of 2020 - Virtual address by Barak Obama

The former president will give an address in a YouTube event titled “Dear Class of 2020,” along with Michelle Obama, the K-pop group BTS, Lady Gaga, former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and others. Alicia Keys, Chloe x Halle and Kelly Rowland will also make appearances.

On-going Activities and Resources

NVU Pen Pals

Sign up to participate in a cross-campus pen pal activity! Students who sign up to participate commit to writing letters, sending drawings, notes, etc. back and forth with a randomly assigned peer on the opposite campus. We hope that this will form new connections that will last well beyond our remote instruction!

At-Home Workout Plan

NVU Zoom Backgrounds and Screen Savers

Do North with this collection of backgrounds for your computer and phone. You can even use them as a virtual backdrop during your Zoom classes and meetings. So no matter where you are, it will feel like home. Let's do this.

Creative Audience is a 1-credit course offered in collaboration with Johnson academic affairs and first-year experience. We invite all NVU Community members to participate in our events while students continue to take this course for credit remotely. A list of assignments and events will be updated regularly here.

NVU Student Production: And (directed by Skylar Bradley)

Join the Creative Audience class and the greater NVU community as we enjoy the NVU student production "And," directed by Skylar Bradley.

Aaron has something big on his mind, and he's having trouble getting it off his chest. He grapples with the fact that billions of different moments are happening simultaneously - the comic next to the tragic, the life-changing next to the mundane. Ultimately, he goes through this mental exercise to try to come to terms with the fact that he was playing a video game at the same time something was happening to his sister in the room right next to him. Open to all NVU students.

Feel Good - Some Good News with John Krasinski

This week let's focus on the positive. In an effort to be mindful of mental wellness, we thought you'd appreciate a little good news. Check out the first two episodes of Some Good News - a show sharing good news from around the world and hosted by John Krasinski.

Episode 1 - John Krasinski highlights some good news from around the world, including an interview with Steve Carell to mark the 15th anniversary of THE OFFICE, as well as John’s newest hero Coco.

Episode 2 - Your host John Krasinski returns to highlight some good news from around the world... and unveil the perfect Zoom surprise for his new friend Aubrey.

Art/Photography - Recreate Your Favorite Painting

Join the Creative Audience class and the greater NVU community and take the Getty Challenge!

We invite you (and your families) to join us this week's Creative Audience "event."

Inspired by a challenge put out by the Getty Museum, we challenge you (and our Creative Audience students) to recreate a work of art with objects (and people...and pets) in your home.

Choose your favorite artwork and then recreate that artwork with items, objects, pets and people in your own space. Take a photo. Post the original artwork and your photo on Instagram or Facebook and use the hashtag #NVUGetty. Also email it directly to us at Tammy.Johnson@NorthernVermont.edu.

Have fun with it! We can't wait to see what your creative minds come up with!

Netflix Documentary: Crip Camp

This documentary is available on Netflix and is assigned for Creative Audience students during the week of March 30.

Camp Jened was a summer camp in the Catskills for disabled teens. Directors Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht (a former Jened camper) deliver a film about a group of campers turned activists who shaped the future of the disability-rights movement and changed accessibility legislation for everyone. Filled with the spirit, music, and humor of the era, Newnham and LeBrecht speak firsthand to the seeds of empowerment that were planted at Camp Jened. Incredible camp footage from 1971 captures how the campers were finally seen beyond their disabilities. The film also shows how Camp Jened alumni led the fight for disability rights in the United States and beyond.

Creative Audience students were asked the following:

Why was Camp Jened such an important breeding ground for activism for so many of its campers?

Did you have any stereotypes about people with disabilities before watching this film? After watching Crip Camp, do you feel like your views have changed?

Dance: Alvin Ailey "Revelations"

Witness an iconic masterpiece of American dance, Alvin Ailey’s Revelations. Described by The New York Times as “one of the great works of the human spirit,” this stunning, soulful tour de force draws on African-American spirituals, song-sermons, gospel songs, and holy blues. Featuring Wayne McGregor’s sumptuous Chroma, set to a score by Joby Talbot with orchestrations of songs by The White Stripes; Ronald K. Brown’s Grace, a powerful meeting of modern and West African dance with a soundtrack by Duke Ellington, Roy Davis, and Fela Kuti; and Robert Battle’s humorous, high-flying Takademe.

Creative Audience students were asked the following:

Did you notice any interesting relationships among the dancers as individuals or in a group? Please explain.

How would you say the mood shifted throughout each piece?

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (National Theatre Live)

Tamsin Greig is Malvolia in a new twist on Shakespeare’s classic comedy of mistaken identity. A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken identity and unrequited love. The nearby households of Olivia and Orsino are overrun with passion. Even Olivia's upright housekeeper Malvolia is swept up in the madness. Where music is the food of love, and nobody is quite what they seem, anything proves possible.